Electron Ion Collider UK Gathering

18 Nov 2024, 12:00 → 19 Nov 2024, 14:00 Europe/London

University of Birmingham

Paul Newman (University of Birmingham (GB)), Stephen Maple

A UK gathering to review and plan our activities in the EIC accelerator, instrumentation and exploitation-preparations in the ePIC experiment, as well as theory and Monte Carlo development. All are welcome, including colleagues not previously involved.  

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Monday 18 November

12:00 Sandwich lunch

Session 1: Introduction, Infrastructure Project Detector Programme

Convener: Dr Stephen Kay (University of Regina)

1 Introduction

Speaker: Paul Newman (University of Birmingham (GB))

Welcome.pdf

2 ePIC Timepix-based Electron Tagger

Speaker: Simon Gardner

EIC_UK_Birmingham_Low_Q2.pdf

3 ePIC Pair Production Spectrometer

Speaker: Alex Smith

AlexSmith_EICUK_18_11_24.pdf

4 ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Overview, layout, production and integration

Speaker: Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Overview, layout, production and integration.pdf

ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Overview, layout, production and integration.pptx

5 ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Sensors, powering, readout and associated topics

Speaker: James Julian Glover (University of Birmingham (GB))

24-11-18_ePIC_SVT_Sensor_Powering_Readout_JJG_r2.pdf

24-11-18_ePIC_SVT_Sensor_Powering_Readout_JJG_r2.pptx

6 ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Mechanics and Cooling

Speaker: Adam Huddart

ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Mechanics and Cooling.pdf

ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Mechanics and Cooling.pptx

15:15 Tea and Coffee

Session 2: SVT Working Meeting

Convener: Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

7 SVT geometry and integration issues

Speaker: Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

SVT geometry and integration issues.pdf

SVT geometry and integration issues.pptx

8 Stave end region ideas

Speakers: Adam Huddart, Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

Stave end region ideas.pdf

Stave end region ideas.pptx

9 RDO geometry and off-stave FPC routing

Speaker: James Julian Glover (University of Birmingham (GB))

24-11-18_ePIC_SVT_RDO_geometry_JJG_r1.pdf

10 Next steps for stave prototyping

Speaker: Adam Huddart

Next steps for stave prototyping.pdf

Next steps for stave prototyping.pptx

11 Brainstorming: what would a 4-LAS wide stave look like?

Speaker: Adam Huddart

Brainstorming what would a 4 LAS wide stave look like.pdf

Brainstorming what would a 4 LAS wide stave look like.pptx

12 Simulation updates and next steps

incl. material scans

Speakers: Sam Henry (University of Oxford), Sam Henry (University of Oxford), Samuel Austin Henry (University of Oxford (GB))

Henry-ePIC-SVT-simulations-Birmingham-18-Nov-2024.pdf

Henry-ePIC-SVT-simulations-Birmingham-18-Nov-2024.pptx

Session 2: ePIC Physics Studies

Convener: Claire Gwenlan (University of Oxford (GB))

13 ePIC Inclusive Physics and Kinematic Reconstruction

Speaker: Stephen Maple

EIC_Inclusive_SMaple.pdf

14 ePIC Exclusive Physics Overview

Speaker: Daria Sokhan (CEA Saclay / Glasgow U.)

UKEIC_ePIC_Excl_Daria_Nov24.pdf

15 Meson Structure Studies

Speaker: Dr Stephen Kay (University of Regina)

SJDK_EICUK_Birmigham_2024.pdf

16 Exclusive J/psi decaying to muons in ep

Speaker: Stuart Fegan (University of York)

SFeganEICUKNov2024.pdf

19:00 Dinner and drinks somewhere in Birmingham

Tuesday 19 November

Session 3: SVT Working Meerting

Convener: Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

17 Update on sensor and AncASIC

Including AncASIC submission and its features

Speaker: Iain Sedgwick (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

Sensor_and_AncASIC_Updates.pdf

Sensor_and_AncASIC_Updates.pptx

18 FPC prototype measurements

Speakers: Marcello Borri (STFC Daresbury Laboratory (GB)), Prof. Todd Brian Huffman (University of Oxford (GB))

20241118-epicSvtWp3MtgFpcUpdateV3-rep-2021a01.pdf

19 Sensor and AncASIC bond patterns

Speakers: Iain Sedgwick (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)), James Julian Glover (University of Birmingham (GB))

20 FPC mechanical geometry and bond areas

Speaker: Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

FPC mechanical geometry and bond areas.pdf

FPC mechanical geometry and bond areas.pptx

21 Bonding prototypes

Speaker: Discussion - all

Session 3: Theory, Phenomenology

Convener: Rachel Montgomery

22 Monte Carlo Event Generation for Photoproduction and Diffraction in ep

Speaker: Peter Meinzinger (Zürich University)

EIC-UK meeting 2024 - Meinzinger.pdf

23 Underlying Event in Resolved Photon Interactions in PYTHIA

Speaker: Bradley Pattengale (UCL)

Modelling_the_UE_in_photon-induced_processes.pdf

Modelling_the_UE_in_photon-induced_processes.pptx

24 Proton Structure Functions and PDFs from EIC Data

Speaker: Paul Newman (University of Birmingham (GB))

SFs.v2.pdf

25 Reaction Aware Dataframes

Speaker: Derek Glazier

RADGlazier.pdf

11:00 Tea and Coffee

Session 4: UK Activities and Discussion

Convener: Paul Newman (University of Birmingham (GB))

26 Accelerator Work Package Plans

Speaker: Niklas Templeton

RFS-meng-1053-pres-005-v1.0-EIC Accelerator WP for BHM Nov24.pdf

RFS-meng-1053-pres-005-v1.0-EIC Accelerator WP for BHM Nov24.pptx

27 Photon Sensor Studies for ePIC Cherenkov Detectors

Speaker: Rachel Montgomery

Montgomery-PhotonSensors-UKEIC-191124.pdf

28 Infrastructure Project Proposal Update

Speaker: Peter Jones (University of Birmingham)

EIC-UK-Bham-18Nov24-PJ.pdf

29 Discussion Session - UK Physics topics, Future UK meetings, Mailing lists, Plans to host 2026 ePIC Collab Meeting / User Group AGM

DiscussionTopics.pdf